Send App Store & iTunes Gifts via email

If you find an item in the App Store, iTunes Store, or Apple Books that you want to send to a friend or family member, you can gift it to them. Just make sure that you're signed in with your Apple ID and have a payment method on file.1 You can also send someone money as Apple ID credit so that they can buy something from the App Store, iTunes Store, or Apple Books, subscribe to Apple Music, or get iCloud storage.

The recipient of your gift must have an Apple ID in the same country or region that you do. For example, you can't send a $25 App Store & iTunes Gift from the United States to a friend who lives in Norway.

Gift Apple ID credit

Under Quick Links on the right side of iTunes or Books, click Send Gift.

Enter your recipient's email address.

Add a message.

Click the amount that you want to gift, or click Other to enter a different amount.

By default, the gift is sent immediately after you buy it. If you want to schedule the gift to send later, select Other Date, then set the date that you want the gift to send.

In the lower-right corner, click Next.

Select a theme for your gift, then click Next.

To confirm your gift, click Buy Gift. You might be asked to sign in with your Apple ID.

Redeem or resend a gift

When you send someone a gift, they'll receive an email that notifies them of it. In the email, they can tap or click Redeem to redeem the gift. The item will open and start to download to their device or computer. They might be asked to sign in with their Apple ID.

If you send a gift and the recipient doesn't receive an email, resend your App Store & iTunes Gift. You can resend a gift as long as the recipient hasn't redeemed it. Before you resend, double check that the recipient's email is spelled correctly.

Cancel a gift or find out if a gift was redeemed

After the recipient redeems an App Store & iTunes Gift, you'll get an email with a line item that says "App Store & iTunes Gift for [email address]."

If you want to cancel a gift, you can contact Apple Support up to two days before scheduled delivery.

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When you buy App Store & iTunes Gifts, they're charged to the payment method that you have on file for your Apple ID, even if you have a credit balance available. You can't purchase an App Store & iTunes Gift with credit.

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